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The Effects of Smoking By: Dillon Tringali
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Facts on Smoking Tobacco causes more than 5 million deaths per year
Cigarettes 1 in 5 deaths 4,800 chemicals in cigarettes
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Get it Straight! ALL THE FACTS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SMOKING
(Click to watch a facts video!)
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Secondhand Smoke Just as harmful as smoking! 30,000 deaths each year
Asthma in children Exposed pregnant women can suffer greatly! Unhealthy environments!
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Advertising Smoking Facts
$8.37 billion spent in 2011 Smoking costs government $193 Billion in More smoking advertising than cancer charities
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Positives of Banning Public Smoking?
Healthier Environment Less juveniles smoking Decrease secondhand smoke Decrease in cancer findings 30% decrease in Heart Disease
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Negatives of Banning Public Smoking
Causes aggression in smokers Bars can lose customers Juvenile Problems Withdrawal symptoms Government profit may decrease
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Youth Smoking 4,000 “first timers” each day in U.S.
Connected with alcohol, sex, and marijuana 88% start under 18 Bad social behavior
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The Many Effects of Smoking
Multiple forms of cancer Coronary heart disease Chronic airway obstruction Emphysema Bronchitis Infertility
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Cancers Lung Cancer Stomach Cancer Oral cavity Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer Throat Cancer (And many more)
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Coronary Heart Disease w/ Smoking
Smoking increases blood pressure Increase in blood clots Decreases oxygen to heart Nicotine fills the blood cells Nicotine increases heart attack risk
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Chronic Airway Obstruction
Breathing basically becomes “forced” Almost a “workout” to breath Small alveoli collapse Smoking slows down oxygen flow
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Emphysema Hard to breath Toxins in cigarettes Lungs enlarge
Tissues get destroyed More than 10 million people in the U.S.
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Bronchitis Smoking causes 8 out of 10 cases Coughing Breathlessness
Vulnerable to chest infections
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Infertility Damage to the eggs Ovulation trouble
Increased risk of cancer Can cause genetic issues Miscarriage
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Preventing Smoking Youth- after school activities
Adults- reduce stress or the urge Follow no smoking campaigns Read important health facts
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How to Quit? The “patch” Nicotine gum Group therapy
Good support system **Never Start**
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Benefits of Quitting Improved blood flow in risk of cancer
in quality of breathing Overall in health
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Need Help for your Addiction?
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DO YOURSELF AND OTHERS A FAVOR BY QUITTING TODAY BEFORE IT IS TO LATE!!!
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